Welcome to the Research Methods page! Check here over the course of the semester for brief lecture outlines.

Extra Credit Opportunity!: As discussed in class, email me with a scenario solving my research problem. Scenarios that demonstrate clear thought and care will earn 5 points of extra credit!.

Class Syllabus (.doc)
Term Paper Guidelines (.doc)
APA Style Summary (.doc)
Tips on how to create a conference poster.
Some Leading Psychology Journals, by subdiscipline.

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Lecture Outlines

• 8/22, 8/24
• 8/29, 8/31
  Links of the week:
  APA Ethics Page
  APA Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
  Office of Research Integrity
  Follow-up on Little Albert. Doesn't seem that we know where he ended up, though.
  NPR: Remembering the Tuskegee Experiment
  Stanford Prison Study
  Stanly Milgram.com - more information on the guy who did such a "shocking" study.
  Centenary's IRB form
• 9/5 - Labor Day
• 9/7
  Links of the week:
  About PsychInfo.
  Centenary College Databases. Scroll down to PsychInfo.
• 9/12 - Magale Library - Lab 10
• 9/14 - Research Critique #1, Project Idea Discussion
• 9/19 - APA style - print up the APA Style Summary and bring to class.
• 9/21, 9/26
• 9/28 - Exam 1
• 10/3, 10/5
• 10/10 - Project Literature Discussion
• 10/12, 10/17
• 10/19, 10/24
• 10/26, 10/31
  Link of the week:
  The IAT
• 11/2 - Exam 2
• 11/7, 11/9
• 11/14, 11/16
  Link of the day:
  Census Bureau Home Page
• 11/21, 11/23 - Thanksgiving Break
• 11/28 - Research Critique #2, Project Discussion
• 11/30
• 12/5, 12/8 - Project Presentations
• Exam 3, Final Revised Papers Due: Monday, 12/12 at 4PM

Links of Interest:
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society